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A lasting trend towards land consolidation in Bulgaria 

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According to the 2020 census, there are 132 742 agricultural holdings in Bulgaria with 4 564 152 hectares of arable land and 1 026 174 livestock units. Since 2010, the average cultivated area per holding has more than tripled and the average size of livestock units has increased more than 3.5 times.



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